I considered this a bonus day hike. The earlier weather forecast was not looking good there was a nice break of "mostly sunny" until late afternoon. I started at the beach trailhead. I was a little concerned about the tide but at around 1100 am the tide was at 6 ft and there was lots of space to walk along the shoreline. at about 1.5 miles I hit the trail that goes up to the Bluff Trail with great views of Admiralty Inlet and Perego's Lagoon. To the west the Olympics were mostly obscured and what appeared to be heavy rain. Once I was at the south end of the bluff looking east to Ebey's house and blockhouse there were clouds covering the Cascades and Mount Baker. All the hikers in this area were in the well known rain shadow particular to Whidbey Island.
There had been five vehicles in the parking lot when I arrived but when I returned there were about forty filling the lot and alongside the road to the south.
The vault toilet was open and stocked. There is an informational kiosk and several illustrative signs at the beach trailhead.
The trail is in good condition throughout but there is a couple places on the trail up to the bluff that have narrowed due to erosion.
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